Setting up your Mesh

Considerations

When setting up your Mesh, its important to follow a few guidelines.

1. Node announcements happen on the Primary Channel. So you can’t DM someone you don’t have on your Primary Channel.

2. Location is shared on your Primary Channel.

3. All the cool stuff = Primary Channel….BUT

4. Secondary channels let you talk to other groups of people.

5. The radio comes with a secondary channel that is shared among all TypeX users if you choose not to delete it.

The Primary Channel

This is the channel for your company/family/group.

1. Settings -> Channels

2. Set Key Size to 256 bit

3. Click the Key Refresh Lock

4. Save

Secondary Channels

1. Same process, but select Secondary.

2. If you want to configure the TypeX Users channel, its name is TypeX. Its key is: LSkRrUoisSk8dvtPQGRDqi2PohPz5ttTyyl/qmgjovQ=

The Admin Channel

1. You can also configure an encrypted channel called “admin”.

2. If this channel is configured, you can administer other nodes that have the same channel and crypto key.

3. This can be very useful for changing settings on distant repeaters and on units you want to change in the field.

4. More admin features are released every day.

Sharing Channels

1. Channels are shared by selecting Settings -> Share Channels QR code

2. You can send the code/link, save it to a file share, or point a camera on another device connected to another node at the QR code on your phone.

3. This QR code and link file has your crypto keys in it – don’t share/store unwisely.

4. You can print the QR codes off on slips of paper and store with your radios if you need to rotate keys.

Setting the Hopset

1. If you want to talk to other users that have a different Primary Channel name, you both need to be on the same Hopset.

2. On Apple, go to Settings – LoRa

3. Change your Frequency Slot to match the other radio networks’ hopset. This will allow communication.